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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:13

“ Get up, sanctify the people and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, for thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, there is a devoted thing in your midst, Oh Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you.’ ” So Joshua was commanded to rise and do something about it. YHWH would assist in the search for the devoted thing which was such a curse to them, but they must first sanctify themselves to prepare for His drawing near. This probably... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:14

“ In the morning therefore you will be brought near by your tribes, and it shall be that the tribe which YHWH selects shall come near by families, and the family which YHWH shall select shall come near by households, and the household which the Lord shall take shall come near man by man.” We do not know quite how the method of selection would proceed but in one way or another they would be brought near before YHWH in the Tabernacle (compare Exodus 22:8-9; 1 Samuel 10:19-21). This may have been... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:15

“ And it shall be that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of YHWH, and because he has wrought folly in Israel.” Anything devoted had to be burnt with fire. By taking the devoted thing the culprit had made himself and all that he had part of ‘that which was devoted’. Thus all must be burnt with fire to remove contamination from Israel, and to remove the devoted thing from the camp of Israel. Sadly... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:16

‘So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was selected.’ Joshua always rose early on special occasions. Perhaps it was in order to pray before acting. Or perhaps he was concerned to obey YHWH as quickly as possible. (How good it would be if we also were so eager to do God’s will). And he brought Israel near, by their tribes. Perhaps he had twelve sticks with their tribal names on and these were tossed in some way by the priest.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:17-18

‘ And he brought the family of Judah near, and he selected the family of the Zerahites. And he brought the family of the Zerahites near, man by man, and Zabdi was selected. And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah was selected.’ We notice here that the same word is used for the ‘family’ of the full tribe of Judah (some manuscripts, also LXX and Vulgate, have ‘the families’, probably to remove the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:19

‘ And Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give, I pray you, glory to YHWH, the God of Israel, and make confession to him, and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.” ’ This was a stern legal adjuration. To ‘give glory to YHWH’ in such circumstances was to be open with the truth (compare Jeremiah 13:16; John 9:24). He was to confess to YHWH by telling the judge. By doing so he would bring glory to YHWH whose representative the judge was. The whole truth was to be told. Nothing must... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:20-21

‘ And Achan answered Joshua, and said, “Truly I have sinned against YHWH, the God of Israel, and these are the things that I have done (literally ‘thus and thus have I done’). When I saw among the spoils a beautiful robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge (‘a tongue’) of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them, and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.” ’ Achan admitted his guilt. He knew the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:1-26

VII. Achan’ s Trespass, Israel’ s Defeat, Achan’ s Punishment. Joshua 7:1 . The name should probably be Achar. The narrative presents no difficulties till the end of the chapter, where Achan’ s punishment is recorded. Joshua 7:2 . Ai: probably 2 miles SE. of Bethel (p. 31). Joshua 7:9 . And what wilt thou do for (or on account of) thy great name? The meaning is that if Israel is destroyed there will be none to worship Yahweh; an interesting example of the ancient belief in the close... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:1

The children of Israel, i.e. one of them, by a very usual synecdoche or enallage, as Genesis 8:4; Genesis 19:29; Matthew 26:8, where that is ascribed to the disciples, which belonged to Judas only, John 12:4. In the accursed thing, i.e. in taking some of the forbidden and accursed goods. Zabdi; called also Zimri, 1 Chronicles 2:6. Zerah, or, Zarah, who was Judah’s immediate son, Genesis 38:30, who went with Judah into Egypt; and so for the filling up the two hundred and fifty-six years that are... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:2

Ai, called Hai, Genesis 12:8, and Alia, Nehemiah 11:31. They were not to go into the city of Ai, but into the country bordering and belonging to it, and there to understand the state and quality of the place and people. Beside; so the Hebrew im is used, Genesis 25:11; Genesis 35:4; Judges 9:6; Judges 18:3; Judges 19:11. Beth-aven; a city or town distinct from, but nigh unto Beth-el, though Beth-el was afterwards by allusion called Beth-aven, Hosea 4:15; Hosea 10:5. Compare Joshua 18:12. On the... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:13

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:15

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:17-18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:19

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:20-21

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:1-26

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:2

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